HIMSS23

Action as well as access is needed in medical records to move toward digital health transformation and interoperability, says Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results.

HIMSS validation and robot innovation have given clinicians an additional three hours to spend with patients, say Dr. Wonchul Cha, CMIO and director of the Digital Innovation Center, and Dr. Meong Hi Son, vice director of the Digital Transformation Center.  

Medicare, through CPT code development, sets the lead for how digital health gets paid, says Brian Scarpelli, executive director of the Connected Health Initiative.

One health record connects a fragmented health system where disparities are an issue, says Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.

When tech delivers clinical evidence at scale, it reduces the variability of care, according to Stacey Caywood, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health.

Nurses touch more technology than anyone else, says Tony Black, director of federal healthcare for Kyndryl. He would like to see more networking, training and certification opportunities.

IT, telehealth, clinical decision support, wellness tools and diagnostics all fall into the same category, says Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. Digital therapeutics consist of software as a direct intervention to treat, manage or prevent medical conditions.

Alan Lavergne, VP of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of HIMSS, discusses the five Texas chapters collaborating to advance health equity with the state's legislature, and talks about winning an award recognizing his efforts.

The regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization discusses the WHO partnership with HIMSS to leverage the collective power of their stakeholders to deploy tools to decrease health inequities.

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft, received a 2023 Changemaker Award for her work in helping to ease clinician burden.